Have yourself a scary little Christmas with two nightmares that prove that fruitcake, ugly sweaters, and your extended family aren’t the most disturbing things about the holidays. Master of the twisted fairy tale Guillermo del Toro made his auspicious debut with CRONOS, a visually rich and emotionally captivating Christmastime vampire fable awash in the haunting imagery for which he would become renowned. Then it’s time for a winter slay ride with Bob Clark’s cult classic BLACK CHRISTMAS, the groundbreaking independent shocker that spawned the modern slasher genre as we know it.
Directed by Guillermo del Toro • 1993 • Mexico
Starring Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook
Guillermo del Toro made an auspicious and audacious feature debut with CRONOS, a highly unorthodox tale about the seductiveness of the idea of immortality. Kindly antiques dealer Jesús Gris (Federi...
Directed by Bob Clark • 1974 • Canada
Starring Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder
In 1974, a low-budget nightmare filmed in Toronto was unleashed upon theaters and revolutionized horror cinema. A now-legendary film among genre aficionados, the groundbreaking BLACK CHRISTMAS was not only t...
